Daniele De Rossi smiles: recovered two tops for Bayer Leverkusen

Daniele De Rossi smiles: recovered two tops for Bayer Leverkusen

Daniele De Rossi can smile ahead of the Europa League semifinal first leg against Bayer Leverkusen, scheduled for Thursday at the Stadio Olimpico at 9 p.m. The Giallorossi coach, in fact, recovers two key pawns: Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku have cleared their respective injuries and returned to training with the group in the morning.

The English defender had been forced to leave the field of play in the final replay of the match against Udinese due to a right flexor strain, while the Belgian striker had been substituted in the Europa League quarterfinal return match against AC Milan due to a minor injury to the right adductor.

Instead, Lorenzo Pellegrini did not train with the rest of the team. The Roma captain, who suffered a muscle strain, worked separately as a precautionary measure. In any case, his presence in the match against Bayer Leverkusen should not be in question.

On Wednesday, De Rossi’s men will hold their final training session in Trigoria and then around lunchtime the Giallorossi coach will present the match against the German club in a press conference, together with Leandro Paredes.